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Show The Scene Cheers, Bomb Threat Greet RFK have wanted to go with a greater bunch of fellows." "I do hope everything works out and we see each other at the end of the speech." Kennedy Humor The humor Kennedy uses at the beginning is reminiscent of his late brother's, President John F. Ken nedy, wit. He even chided President Presi-dent Ernest Wilkinson earlier Wednesday at Brigham Young University Uni-versity by saying he would "have all liberals off the campus by sundown." sun-down." In answer to the question if he thought the Kennedy name would help him, Sen. Kennedy quipped, "Perhaps not as much as the name Robert." Hundreds of people had waited for his emergence after the speech. A Salt ..ake City Lines Bus had been chartered to carry the entire party to the Hotel Utah. Seeing the bus, a byst. . der remarked, re-marked, "It's a budget " lpaign." i Cheering crowds jamming the street from Fourth to Fifth South and the threat of a bomb planted Sov in the Terrace Ballroom greeted Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) during his visit to Salt Lake in'" Wednesday night. His voice, near laryngitis, showed e: the signs of his 11 day jaunt to irli gain delegates for the Democratic t convention, and graying hair at the eo temples detracted from his image ail:- of youth. 'Sock It To 'Em' tor Signs saying "Sock It To 'Em 11)1 Bobby" lined the inside held by : supporters, some of whom had waited three hours to enter the !Sa!:, rally. that The 8 p.m. for the beginning of R'e the event passed and the crowd 'Pen was growing impatient. At 8:45 r'Kr p.m. Chief of Police Dewey Fillis f,took the microphone, look "A few minutes ago we received oi a telephone call in regards to a 9 bomb threat (a cry of 'Oh, no's!' arose from the crowd). Kj "Now, just a moment," he tried H to quiet the throng, "those of you iavf who wish to leave may do so right We now. If you choose to stay, you y a stay at your own risk. I don't want ftt anyone hurt." )Wn Everyor .. remained seated. De-? De-? spite three warnings from the po- lice, Sen. Kennedy arrived. Happy Days The band played "Happy Days Are Here Again" and girls squealed with delight as if they were at a Beatle concert. "Based on what was originally ,e. said here," Sen. Kennedy began, "I'm glad to see you still." "This is what's known as opening e your campaign in Utah with a 5 bang!" Kennedy Humor Rs "The Chief of Police came up to ?he le and said 'Would you mind keep-' keep-' tg ig your speech short?' In case I go, jjj. I just want you to know I wouldn't |